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WV Classical Calendar -- April

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By Mona Seghatoleslami
 · April 1, 2011

April 2011

The first day of each month means a new West Virginia Classical Calendar, which could be special enough, but this month always brings a bit more fun at its start, including a new Beethoven discovery featured on Performance Today.

Here's the calendar; let me know if we're missing anything!

April 1: Around the World…in About an Hour -- WV Youth Symphony, River City Youth Ballet, Appalachian Children’s Chorus (Clay Center, Charleston)

April 2: Shenandoah Conservatory Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Joseph Schwantner, guest composer)

April 3: Wesleyan Singers and Concentus Vocum

April 3: WVU Low Brass Concert

April 3: Scarborough Trio (Fairmont Chamber Music Society)

April 3: Marshall University Chamber Choir

April 4-7: Wheeling Symphony Young People’s Concert Tour

April 6: Colleen Tan, violin; Vicki Cavendish, piano (Kanawha Forum)

April 6: Shenandoah Chamber Choir

April 7: Marguerite Bostonia, organ (West Virginia Wesleyan College)

April 7: WVU Faculty Piano Quintet

April 7: Marshall University Percussion Ensemble

April 7: Sigma Alpha Iota Composer’s Showcase (Fairmont State University)

April 7: Alderson-Broaddus Chamber Music

April 8: Wheeling Symphony Pops “The Music of Led Zeppelin”

April 8: WVU New Music Concert

April 8: Robert Henry, piano (Clarksburg)

April 8: Shenandoah Brass Ensemble

 April 9: Robert Henry, piano masterclass

April 9: Trio Con Brio Copenhagen (Charleston Chamber Music Society)

April 9: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Rossini's Comte d'Ory (various locations)

April 9: Marshall University Choir Invitational

April 9: Dallas Brass "An American Musical Journey" (West Virginia University at Parkersburg)

April 9: Clipper Erikson, piano (Randolph County Community Arts Center, Elkins)

April 10: WVU Choir

April 10: Fairmont State University Community Orchestra; Robert Henry, piano; Kim Henry, horn

April 10: Faith Esham, soprano (West Liberty University Concert Artist Series)

April 10: Nexus (Shenandoah Conservatory)

April 11: WVU Graduate Wind Quintet

April 12: Lynn Hileman, bassoon (WVU Faculty Recital)

April 12: Tuesdays with Fran: J.S. Bach Sampler (Carnegie Hall Lewisburg)

April 12: WVU Percussion Concert

April 12: West Virginia Wesleyan Wind Ensemble

April 12: Shenandoah Concert Band

April 13: The Kanawha United Presbyterian Church Choral Scholars (Kanawha Forum)

April 15: MUsic Alive: Baroque to Bernstein (First Presbyterian Church, Huntington)

April 15: Looking Glass (Marshall University)

April 15: Alderson-Broaddus Concert Choir

April 15: WVU World Music Concert

April 15: West Virginia Wesleyan Percussion Ensemble

April 15-16: WV Symphony Orchestra, “Das Lied von der Erde”

April 15-17: Opera Up Close (Shenandoah Conservatory Performances)

April 16: Shenandoah Chamber Chorus

April 16: Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra; Michael Forest, tenor "Das Lied von der Erde"

April 17: Elaine Ross, pianist/composer; Gayla Blaisdell, soprano; John Neurohr, trombone (WVU Guest Artist Recital)

April 17: Alderson-Broaddus Orchestra, Concerto Concert

April 17: Shenandoah Percussion Ensemble

April 18: WVU Chamber Winds

April 18: Anita White, piano (Glenville State College)

April 19: West Virginia Wesleyan Concert Band

April 19: WVU Symphonic Band and Concert Band

April 19: Shenandoah Guitar Ensemble

April 20: Marshall University Woodwind Ensemble

April 20: Sonos (West Virginia Wesleyan)

April 21: Alderson-Broaddus Concert Band

April 21: WVU Symphony Orchestra

April 21: Marshall University Wind Symphony

April 23: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Strauss's Capriccio (various locations)

April 25: Phi Mu Alpha American Composers Recital (Marshall University)

April 25: WVU Electronic Music

April 26: Marshall University Orchestra

April 26: WVU Wind Symphony

April 27: Metropolitan Opera HD Encore: Rossini's Le Comte d'Ory (various locations)

April 27: River Cities Symphony Young People and Young at Heart Concert

April 28: WVU Graduate String Quartet

April 28: Marshall University Symphonic Band

April 29: Glenville State Concert Band

April 29: Marshall University Choral Collage

April 29: WV Department of Education Arts Alive! Showcase (Clay Center, Charleston)

April 30: Ohio Valley Symphony; Ilya Kaler, violin

April 30: WomanSong Spring Concert (Charleston)

April 30: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Verdi's Il Trovatore (various locations)

Opera at the Movies: More WV locations, New Season

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By Mona Seghatoleslami
 · March 31, 2011
Le Comte dOry
Juan Diego Flórez as Comte d'Ory

The Metropolitan Opera movie theater broadcasts can now be seen in a couple more West Virginia locations – live broadcasts in Nitro and encores in Bridgeport.

 I’m not sure when these new locations were added, but I’m glad to discover more opera options around the state. Here are all the nearby theaters that I've found; let me know if you find others!

* Live in HD (the original Saturday afternoon broadcasts):

   - Barboursville (Huntington Mall)
    -
Morgantown
    - Nitro
    - Borderland locations:
Ashland, KY; Germantown, MD;
       Pittsburgh, PA; Charlottesville, Roanoke, and Staunton, VA


* “Encore” Presentations (Wednesday evening rebroadcasts)
   
    - Barboursville (Huntington Mall)
    -
Bridgeport
    - Borderland locations:
Ashland, KY; Germantown, MD;
       Pittsburgh, PA; Lynchburg, VA

At these theaters, you can see the rest of this season, including Rossini’s Le Comte d’Ory (which looks to wonderfully fun), Strauss’s Capriccio, Verdi’s Il Trovatore (anvils! And Dmitri!), and Wagner’s Die Walküre.


Die Walkure at Met Opera
Mothers, don’t let your daughters grow up to be Valkyries?

The Met has also recently announced the next season of operas at the movies. Check out the 2011-2012 season on their site.

As always, lots of potential goodness – I’m most looking forward to Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Glass’s Satyagraha, and Willy Decker’s stylish production of La Traviata (starring Natalie Dessay). And while I have yet to warm up to French opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is conducting Faust, and I’ll check it out, since his super-lively Carmen caught my attention.

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